Combination brace and hanger



Oct. 3, 1939. G. F. MCDONALD 2,174,800

GEORGE F. M5 DONALD Bydgr HIS ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 3,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a combination brace and hanger for screenframes, and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a device which is simple inconstruction, economical to manufacture, and which will serve as a T orother brace for a window screen frame, and which will also serve as ahanger whether a full length or half length screen is used.

Other and specific objects will be apparent from the following detaildescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the device of this invention applied to aframe for a full length window screen;

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the application of the device to a halflength screen;

Fig. 3. is a sectional View showing an end elevation of the device inuse as a hanger; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device.

A device embodying this invention is shown in Fig. 4 and is preferably ametal stamping. Eighteen gauge sheet steel has been found sufficientlyflexible and satisfactory for this purpose. The device is in the form ofa T having a leg I and arms 2. Holes 3, 4 and 5, as best shown in Fig.4., are punched in the stamping and accommodate screws, nails or pins,and an elongated notch 6 is formed in the top of the T, between the arms2, for the special purpose as shown in Fig. 2, and which will bedescribed later in detail.

In the installation shown in Fig. 1, six of the devices are shown in useon a screen for three diiferent purposes. The devices 1 at the upper 5corners serve not only as L braces for the frame but one leg of each Tserves as a hanger. To form the upper arm 2 as a hanger, it is bentoutwardly in arcuate shape, as best indicated at 8, Fig. 3, and a pin 9is driven through the 40 hole 3 in that arm; the pin 9 being insertedobliquely of the window frame in which the screen is mounted. With thisarrangement the screen will be held in place readily while it may beswung outwardly from the bottom, or

45 removed as desired. In the installation of the devices 1, nails orscrews are passed through the holes 4 and 5 and the hole 3 in the lowerarm 2 and are secured in the rail l0 and stiles l I.

In Fig. 1, a pair of devices I2 are used in the 50 way that ordinary Tbraces are employed, nails or screws passing through the hole 5 into amiddle rail [3 and screws or nails pass through the holes 3 and 4 into astile II.

The lower pair of devices M, as shown in Fig. 1, are employed to providean L brace, while an outwardly extending arm of the T serves as 5 a stopfor abutment against the outer surface of the window frame.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 devices [5 are used in a half lengthscreen. Each device forms an L brace with an outwardly extending 1o arm2 serving as a hanger with a hole 3, through which a pin 9 may pass intothe window frame in the same manner as shown in Fig. .3. Because of thenotch 6, the two arms of the T are separated, thus permitting the upperedge of an arm to be bent over as shown at I6, in the same manner as theportion 8 is shown in Fig. 3 and described above.

It will be obvious that a device has been provided which is simple inconstruction and eco- 20 nomical to manufacture, and which will servenot only as a hardware brace for a frame, but which will also serve as ahanger for a screen frame whether that frame be full length or halflength. The device may be manufactured 25 readily by a single stampingoperation from inexpensive material. A gauge of metal may be used whichpermits an unskilled workman with common tools to bend it to serve thevarious functions for which it is intended.

In the drawing the device is shown applied to screens in such a manneras to permit their swinging in a vertical direction. It will be obvious,however, that they may be installed so that the screen may be swung in ahorizontal plane.

I claim:

1. A combination brace and hanger for screen frames comprising aflexible sheet metal T with holes through the leg and arms of the T, andan elongated notch at the top between the extremities of the arms forthe purpose described.

2. A combination brace and hanger for screen frames comprising aflexible sheet metal T with holes through the leg and arms of the T, andan elongated notch at the top between the extremities of the arms forthe purpose described, the edge of one of the arms between the notch andthe end of said arm being bent out arcuately for the purpose described.

GEORGE F. MCDONALD.

